Bobby Williams
@bobbywilliams.bsky.social
Former UN Staff. Small business owner. Software developer. City Councilor in Keene, New Hampshire and one time I lost a race for State Senate.
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Bobby Williams
@bobbywilliams.bsky.social
· Jul 27
The Mystic Invasion: Low Fantasy
Amazon.com: The Mystic Invasion: Low Fantasy eBook : Williams, Calvin, Mat, Kayden, Greeley, Joy, Dragon Space Explorer, Lucien: Kindle Store
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My kid wrote and self-published a YA fantasy novel and would be super thrilled if you picked up a copy. Its free on kindle or only $10 for a paperback.
Why do we need Greenland? To defend against Russia? But I thought we were friends with Russia now!
January 11, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Why do we need Greenland? To defend against Russia? But I thought we were friends with Russia now!
I think JD Vance is specifically working this angle, so he can get a divorce and hook up with Erika Kirk.
There is a non-zero chance that the Vice President of the United States might be excommunicated before the year is over.
I feel barking mad just writing that sentence.
I feel barking mad just writing that sentence.
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I think JD Vance is specifically working this angle, so he can get a divorce and hook up with Erika Kirk.
New Hampshire should have universal childcare, offered through our existing public school system. Its a way we can keep small-town elementary schools big enough to stay open. #NHPolitics
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM
New Hampshire should have universal childcare, offered through our existing public school system. Its a way we can keep small-town elementary schools big enough to stay open. #NHPolitics
If Trump gets Greenland he's going to want Iceland next.
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
If Trump gets Greenland he's going to want Iceland next.
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the difference between free ChatGPT a year ago and Claude Opus 4.5 via a tool like Claude Code is approximately the same capability jump between a Pentium III and a modern Macbook Pro
if your experience with the technology is out of date, your idea of its capabilities is too
if your experience with the technology is out of date, your idea of its capabilities is too
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
the difference between free ChatGPT a year ago and Claude Opus 4.5 via a tool like Claude Code is approximately the same capability jump between a Pentium III and a modern Macbook Pro
if your experience with the technology is out of date, your idea of its capabilities is too
if your experience with the technology is out of date, your idea of its capabilities is too
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For America to do … iffy things ostensibly in service of upholding a rules-based international order is something the free world was willing to tolerate. An America that acts rapaciously in explicit violation of that order will not and cannot be seen as a leader.
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
For America to do … iffy things ostensibly in service of upholding a rules-based international order is something the free world was willing to tolerate. An America that acts rapaciously in explicit violation of that order will not and cannot be seen as a leader.
Old-school filibusters coming back in style. Not the Senate kind, the other kind.
William Walker (filibuster) - Wikipedia
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January 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Old-school filibusters coming back in style. Not the Senate kind, the other kind.
To Republicans, a Guatemalan mother crossing the border with her children is an invasion, but sending troops into another country to seize its leader is not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
To Republicans, a Guatemalan mother crossing the border with her children is an invasion, but sending troops into another country to seize its leader is not.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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No.
Social safety nets crumble when we wrap them in neoliberal rhetoric aimed at dividing people and deluding them into thinking that everyone--except some tiny group of perfect poor--should be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, even if their boots have been nailed to the floor.
Social safety nets crumble when we wrap them in neoliberal rhetoric aimed at dividing people and deluding them into thinking that everyone--except some tiny group of perfect poor--should be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, even if their boots have been nailed to the floor.
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
No.
Social safety nets crumble when we wrap them in neoliberal rhetoric aimed at dividing people and deluding them into thinking that everyone--except some tiny group of perfect poor--should be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, even if their boots have been nailed to the floor.
Social safety nets crumble when we wrap them in neoliberal rhetoric aimed at dividing people and deluding them into thinking that everyone--except some tiny group of perfect poor--should be able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, even if their boots have been nailed to the floor.
"Dodge Ram" was a cool brand name for a pickup truck.
"RAM" on its own is trifling.
"RAM" on its own is trifling.
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"Dodge Ram" was a cool brand name for a pickup truck.
"RAM" on its own is trifling.
"RAM" on its own is trifling.
As far as I can tell, libertarians love Trumpism. While they might not necessarily agree with him ideologically, it doesn't matter because they are very much down with the broader agenda of hurting people who aren't like them.
I’ve yet to see any libertarians speak out against this or criticize Trump even weakly. I’d love to see it, but haven’t, and I’m not surprised at all.
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
As far as I can tell, libertarians love Trumpism. While they might not necessarily agree with him ideologically, it doesn't matter because they are very much down with the broader agenda of hurting people who aren't like them.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
We're out there every Saturday in Central Square, Keene NH. Join us!
January 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We're out there every Saturday in Central Square, Keene NH. Join us!
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Another Israeli genocide is not a distant threat; it is an encroaching reality that will be finalized unless it is stopped.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Another Israeli genocide is not a distant threat; it is an encroaching reality that will be finalized unless it is stopped.
It took two years, but the Keene City Council has finally passed our vicious dog ordinance. If your dog attacks and injures another dog or a person, they can be required to wear a muzzle for two years. We had to get the law changed at the NH state level to get permission to do this. #NHPolitics
Suzette's Ordinance | DemocracyNH
To close out the year, at our last meeting the Keene City Council voted to pass "Suzette's Ordinance," which has been a long time coming. This ordinance will make it so that dogs that attack and injur...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It took two years, but the Keene City Council has finally passed our vicious dog ordinance. If your dog attacks and injures another dog or a person, they can be required to wear a muzzle for two years. We had to get the law changed at the NH state level to get permission to do this. #NHPolitics
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This was preceded by the hermetic siege — a decades-long experiment in human misery that began in 2006. Despite every Palestinian plea for the world to break this death grip, the blockade was allowed to persist.
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This was preceded by the hermetic siege — a decades-long experiment in human misery that began in 2006. Despite every Palestinian plea for the world to break this death grip, the blockade was allowed to persist.
If Ukraine hasn't been sending missiles after Putin's residence..... why the fuck not?
Since when Putin's residence is not a valid military target?
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If Ukraine hasn't been sending missiles after Putin's residence..... why the fuck not?
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
Lets be clear - instead of paying its UN dues, America is throwing a few bucks in the extrabudgetary kitty.
This enables the Trump admin to use that money as a means to manipulate policy in specific areas of its choosing, while still undermining the financial stability of the UN system as a whole.
This enables the Trump admin to use that money as a means to manipulate policy in specific areas of its choosing, while still undermining the financial stability of the UN system as a whole.
The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past but reflects what the administration believes is a generous amount that will maintain the United States’ status as the world’s largest humanitarian donor.
US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid
The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past but reflects what the administration believes is a generous amount that will maintain the United States’ status as the world’s largest humanitarian donor.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Lets be clear - instead of paying its UN dues, America is throwing a few bucks in the extrabudgetary kitty.
This enables the Trump admin to use that money as a means to manipulate policy in specific areas of its choosing, while still undermining the financial stability of the UN system as a whole.
This enables the Trump admin to use that money as a means to manipulate policy in specific areas of its choosing, while still undermining the financial stability of the UN system as a whole.
When he's hanging out late at night, do the pictures in the paintings talk to him?
Hideous is not a strong enough word to describe Trump's assault on the Oval Office. I served in multiple countries run by criminal dictators, but none of them had an office quite so distasteful.
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
When he's hanging out late at night, do the pictures in the paintings talk to him?
A detention facility cannot be built and maintained without the support of locally-contracted service providers
Should the Merrimack detention facility be established, these local businesses must be targeted for boycott and their owners subjected to public scorn
Make an example of 'em. #NHPolitics
Should the Merrimack detention facility be established, these local businesses must be targeted for boycott and their owners subjected to public scorn
Make an example of 'em. #NHPolitics
Statement from Merrimack Dem NH State Reps regarding ICE Human Warehouse in Merrimack
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#NHPolitics
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#NHPolitics
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A detention facility cannot be built and maintained without the support of locally-contracted service providers
Should the Merrimack detention facility be established, these local businesses must be targeted for boycott and their owners subjected to public scorn
Make an example of 'em. #NHPolitics
Should the Merrimack detention facility be established, these local businesses must be targeted for boycott and their owners subjected to public scorn
Make an example of 'em. #NHPolitics
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Republicans motivate their core voters to show up every cycle and they do. Democrats just assume their equivalent will do the same and spend the entire cycle pursuing swing voters, meanwhile depressing core turnout. Then they blame those core voters when they lose. The cycle must be broken.
What got us Trump was the GOP being a malevolent force for evil and the Democrats at every turn refusing to fire full blast at the right (including before Trump). It’s obviously not all on Harris but a cycle with Democrats assuming the left would just show up without any motivation is a big reason.
They have a point. “She didn’t earn my vote” got us Trump. Like I think it’s good to push against the party for better policy but when the alternative is Trump, it’s too much.
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Republicans motivate their core voters to show up every cycle and they do. Democrats just assume their equivalent will do the same and spend the entire cycle pursuing swing voters, meanwhile depressing core turnout. Then they blame those core voters when they lose. The cycle must be broken.